Instead of still trying to pull PKR's strings from prison, PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim should be busy penning his magnum opus, said veteran reformasi activist Hishamuddin Rais.

Hishamuddin said Anwar is scheduled for release in July next year and the world awaits his book, in the same veins of famous political detainees such as Nelson Mandela, Antonio Gramsci, Tan Malaka and Kim Chi Ha.

"People have a lot of time in prison. We can read, we can write and we can daydream. These are not crimes in prison. We can do all this without any distractions while in prison.

"In my view, what brother Anwar needs to do is to write and think about theories and political philosophy that needs be shared with Malaysians...